Chest or the like



E. W. NOR" H April 2, 1940.

CHEST 05 THE '..IPU:5

Fil ed Sept. 1957 IN VENT OR.

[/15 ATTORNEY.

Ida/Zn Nari/V g fa 0 III UNITED STATES ,PTENT orrice CHEST OR THE LIKE Edwin w. North, Rockford, Ill.

Application September '7, 1237, Serial No. 162,572

8 Claims.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in a chest or the like, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character which will be highly efficient in use and economical in manufacture.

Among the several objectsof this invention is the provision of a chest having one or more tray elements so arranged with respect to the body'of the chest such that the tray or trays may be conveniently elevated to a position above the body for pivotal movement in a horizontal plane from obstructing position with respect to the interior of the body.

A still further object of the invention resides in the simplicity of structure, particularly the manner and means of associating the tray or trays with the body, it being an object of the invention to associate the traywith the body in a manner such that when'the tray is in tray supporting position, the said tray will be firmly and substantially supported in'such position.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a handle means located. immediately adjacent to the tray guiding means whereby by virtue of the location of the handle with respect to the tray guiding means, the manual elevating and pivoting of the tray is greatly facilitated and permitted with ease.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention-consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by ref erence to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the invention illustrating a chest having associated therewith two trays;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view of the same taken substantially on line 2--2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectionaldetail view of the same taken substantially on line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated the preferred form of construction of my invention. In this connection it indicates the body of a chest or the like. To thisbody Ill there is secured by means of hinges H a cover l2. Adapted to be positioned within the upper portion of the body Ill is a pair of oppositely disposed trays I3 and I4. Each of these trays is associated with the body it in a manner such that it may be elevated vertically a predetermined distance and then pivoted with respect to its elevated position into a position from obstructing the interior of the body l0. 1

In each instance this is preferably accomplished by securing to an end wall I5 of the body ill a post it having a longitudinally extending bore il' communicating with a longitudinally extending bore l8 of a diameter greater than the diameter of the first mentioned bore. Positioned in the bores l! and it for vertical movement is a rod 55 carrying at the lower end thereof a pin 2d operable in the enlarged bore l8 and servin to limit the upper vertical movement of the rod It.

The upper end portion of the rod i9 is secured to the tray M by any suitable connecting means such as is indicated at 2|. When either of the trays is in the position shown in Fig. 2, each tray at its outer end portion is supported by a shoulder 22, provided by the post it. The adjacent or abutting end portions 23 of the trays are supported when in tray supporting position by supporting blocks 24 secured to the side walls 25 of the body, It in any suitable manner.

Each of the trays has secured thereto a handle element 26. This handle element is secured to the tray immediately adjacent the rod l9. By virtue ofthe location of the handle element 26 with respect to the adjacent rod 19, the elevation of the tray and the pivoting of the same from tray supporting position is greatly expedited and permitted with ease.

While I have shown and described the chest as comprising two trays, it is manifest that the same may include but a single tray or any number of trays as may be deemed necessary and proper.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l. A chest or the like comprising a body, a post secured to a wall of the body and having a longitudinally extending bore and a second coaxially extending bore of a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the first named bore, said post being provided with a shoulder adjacent the upper end thereof, a rod member movably positioned in said bores and having means adjacent an end thereof operable in the larger of the said bores and serving as a limiting means for the axial movement of said rod member, and a tray secured to the upper end portion of said rod member and movable axially and pivotally relative to said post, said tray being engageable with said shoulder for support thereby.

2. A chest or the like comprising a body, a post secured to a wall of the body and having a longitudinally extending bore and communicating with a second longitudinally extending bore of a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the first named bore and provided with a shoulder adjacent the upper end thereof, a rod member movably positioned in said bores and having means adjacent an end thereof operable in the larger of the said bores and serving as a limiting means for the movement of said rod member in a vertical direction, a tray secured to an upper end portion of said rod member arranged to protrude from said post, and a handle element secured to said tray immediately adjacent the said rod member.

3. A chest or the like comprising a body having an open side and closure means for said side, a post secured to a wall of the body opposite said open side and having an elongated bore with an enlarged portion near an end thereof remote from said open side, said post being provided with a rest formation adjacent the end thereof nearest said open side, a rod member positioned for pivotal and axially sliding movement in said bore and having means adjacent an end thereof operable in said enlarged portion of the bore and serving as a limiting means for sliding movement of said rod member, a tray secured to the upper end portion of said rod member and arranged to have support on said rest when said rod member is lowered into said bore, and handle means arranged on said tray immediately adjacent said rod member, whereby said tray may be manipulated in both pivotal and axially sliding movements relative to said post.

4. In combination, a chest, a tray, and means mounting said tray for movement into and out of the chest, said means including a post attached to said chest, an elongated mounting arm attached to the tray and slidable into and out of the post and also pivotable about its line of sliding movement in the post, sliding movement of the post being effective to raise and lower the tray into and out of the chest, and pivotable movement of the post being effective to turn the tray in a direction toward and away from the chest.

5. In a tray structure for a chest or the like, a mounting post having an elongated bore and mounted in the chest with said bore extending at right angles to an open side of the chest, an arm slidably fitted into said bore and also adapted to pivot therein, and a tray attached to said arm and movable into and out of the chest through said open side thereof by sliding movement of said arm, said tray being pivotable into and out of register with said open side of the chest by pivotal movement of said arm in said post, and means on said post constituting a stop engageable by said tray for limiting movement of the latter into said chest.

6. The combination, with a chest, of a tray adapted to rest within the chest, an arm and means mounting the same for movement in the direction of its length into and out of the chest, said means also being arranged and constructed to permit turning movement of the arm about its own long axis, said arm supportably engaging said tray, the tray being movable into and out of the chest in a direction substantially parallel with the length of said arm, said tray also being pivotable in a plane normal to the length of said arm when the tray is moved from within the chest as aforesaid.

7. In a chest, a tray, an arm attached to the tray, means mounting said arm for movement in the direction of its length so that the tray may be lowered into or lifted out of said chest, said mounting means for the arm also being arranged and constructed to permit the arm to turn about an axis coincident with its length, whereby the tray may be pivoted out of obstructing position relative to that part of the chest into which it normally fits, when the tray has been lifted therefrom as aforesaid.

8. In a chest or the like, a tray and means mounting the same for movement in a straight line into and out of an opening in said chest, said means also mounting the tray for turning movement into and out of alignment with said opening in a direction which is at right angles to said straight line, said means comprising a supporting arm for the tray which is mounted for both pivotal and axially shifting movement relative to its own length as an axis, and said axis extending substantially in parallelism with said straight line.

EDWIN W. NORTH. 

